China and US manoeuvre ahead of climate talks

Updated March 25, 2009 20:38:05

China's top climate change officials have attacked a US proposal to place tariffs on imports from those countries that do not place a price on carbon.

The country's officials also say that consumers from developed countries should be responsible for carbon emissions generated by manufacturers in exporting countries.

Presenter: David Wang
Speakers: Professor Ross Garnaut, leading economist and author of Australia's climate change review; Cara Horowitz, Director of Emmet Center on Climate Change and the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles